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Forces War Records have put together a unique set of research hints and tips, please take a look via the link, it really is packed with all the information you'll need to help you make new and exciting discoveries about your family. And if you hit a brick wall - don't forget you can always ask out...

Many newbies to family history are also fairly new to computers, and don't really know how to get the best out of search engines like Google. Some of these tips might help, and hopefully others can add more:
Learn to use Inverted Commas. For example, if you type in John Davies you will get...

It is often confusing when searching for your ancestors to know the places they came from and the counties to search in.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Britain.html
has a wonderful map that leads you to information on each of the counties.
Click on them (their Chapman Codes) and enjoy exploring...

'Who's Who in Methodsism 1933' contains details of ministers and lay office holders who were active a year after the Weslyan, United, Primitive & Irish Methodist Churches united to form The Methodist Church in 1932. It was published by the Methodist Times & Leader (Methodist Publications Ltd).
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Did you know that .... if you have favourite forums.... you don't need to view the whole list of forums from the front page.
You can have your own personalised list of favourite forums.
Go to your favourite forum, and click on the tools menu above it. Then on the drop down list, select to...

This year’s handbook – the Family History Handbook 2019 – is packed with essential information and inspiration for today’s family history enthusiast:
Discover key documents – explore family history records, learn how to use them, where to find them online
Get DNA know-how – from choosing a...

Starting 1 February 2019, there will be changes to some of the fees charged by The National Archives. Quoting from the announcement HERE
“As a government department providing a public service, we are able to charge for some statutory services (as defined by the Public Records Act ) on a cost...

Bring Tommy Home for Christmas
Armistice did not end The First World War for everyone. In fact, 18,355 British and Commonwealth soldiers died between the end of the First World War and New Year’s Eve 1918.
There But Not There is working with Forces War Records to ensure this often forgotten...

I have been transcribing census returns for FreeCEN for almost two years. Our instructions are to transcribe everything exactly as recorded apart for Place of Birth where corrections can be made.
If an enumerator has recorded a forename, for example Margret we should not assume Margaret.
...

I stumbled across this site while reading a post on the Family Tree Maker Facebook page.
There are some very informative blogs on the site - the one that appealed to myself was a procedure to attach source information to images posted to 'public' trees on sites such as Ancestry.
The site...

Forces War Records, the website to visit for anyone researching their family’s military history or searching for ancestors through military data are excited to announce we have now reached the milestone of Over 20 Million individuals records transcribed and available to search by name.
That’s...

By far the most common problem that people researching their family trees come across is a shortage of accessible records relating to the Second World War. The Public Records Act governs which materials created by the government can be released over what timescales. To begin with the rule was that...

Genealogy does get harder as we venture before census era etc, so wills, poor law records, tax/poll registers can help in addition to parish registers. But one of the most vital things I find helpful is the names of the witnesses to marriages from 1754 onwards. You may find they were nothing more...

This is such an obvious thing to do, but I wonder how many people do it.
Some of you may have started your family history more than twenty years ago, some only two or three years ago, but either way you may well have gaps or brickwalls. Even the last two years have seen so much extra...

Shirley Ballas (formerly Stopford; born 1960) is an English ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance adjudicator from Wallasey, Merseyside who specialises in the International Latin division, where she won several championship titles which earned her the nickname The Queen of Latin.
In 2017,...

Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd; 14 June 1961) is an English singer, songwriter, DJ and fashion designer. He is the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. At the height of the band's fame, during the 1980s, they recorded global hit songs such as "Karma Chameleon", "Do You Really Want to Hurt...

Tickets for the 2018 BBC History Magazine History Weekend events are now on sale. The festival will be returning this autumn to Winchester on 5 -7 October and York on 19 – 21 October.
The full programme of events is at www.historyweekend.com
With over 60 speakers taking part across both...

Peter Calver from Lost Cousins has helpfully pointed out that Findmypast last week added an index to UK deaths in this period which covers about 2.5 million deaths, which is about 50% of all deaths in that period.
He found his father's death in 2011 but with errors in the index.
My father who...

The following announcement was written by the organizers of the (new) Family Tree Live:
Family Tree Live is coming!
Grab your diaries! ‘Family Tree’ are delighted to announce a brand-new family history show – Family Tree Live – taking place on 26th & 27th April 2019, at London’s Alexandra...

The demise of the Who Do You Think You Are? Live show has left a hole in the genealogy calendar of UK-based events with many attendees commenting on the loss of a ‘big’ annual gathering.
An international group of genealogists, led by Kirsty Gray and Sylvia Valentine (Show Directors), have been...

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE’ IS TO RETURN TO BBC ONE SCREENS FOR ITS 15TH SERIES.
The 15th BBC series of the BAFTA wining programme Who Do You Think You Are? will feature top celebs from the worlds of film, TV, sport, music and comedy, it has been revealed. The genealogy show returns to the BBC...

Forces War Records lowest ever price, 12 months full access for just Ł20 to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of The Dambusters.
The 16th May 2018 marks the 75th anniversary of the Dambusters Raid, also known as Operation Chastise. An attack on the major dams of western Germany using the...

Who Do You Think You Are? Find Out At The New Family History Help Desk.
The popular BBC programme Who Do You Think You Are? led to a massive increase in people researching their family tree but many others were put off by what seems a complicated process. Yet others have started only to hit a...

Discover your family tree at Durham County Record Office, when its popular family history courses return this spring.
Led by an archivist, the course introduces people not only to family history, but to the Record Office and the resources available. The course aims to provide beginners with the...

‘HERALDRY FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS’ – MONDAY 19 MARCH IN THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, LEISTON
For the March meeting of the Alde Valley Suffolk Family History Group, they return to Leiston, where Chris Broom will give a talk on ‘Heraldry for Family Historians’. Chris is a graduate of the Institute...